Equinor and MODEC participated in the ceremony to cut the first plate for the FPSO topsite for the Bacalhau field, the event took place on June 1st at the Bomesc Shipyard construction site in China.

Equinor's FPSO Bacalhau is part of the first phase of the Bacalhau field in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The FPSO will operate in blocks BM-S-8 and Carcará Norte and will be one of the largest FPSOs in the pre-salt in production.

The FPSO Bacalhau is 364 meters long, 64 meters wide and 33 meters deep, with a projected draft of 22.65 meters. It can withstand unique environmental conditions and will be the world's first closed-loop gas turbine power generation system.

Bomesc is committed to offering “safety first, quality and delivery time” in the construction of your orders. In order to meet the requirements of a high quality work, careful construction plans were carried out from the beginning of construction, in order to guarantee the links of the work and the orderly cooperation between the various specialties.